Ahmed is the Editorial Director at Long Now and the founding Editor-in-Chief of Pace Layers, Long Now's annual print journal.

Previously, Ahmed worked in media, technology, and the networked arts and humanities. He was Head of Video at Timeline; co-creator of Pop (acquired by BuzzFeed); Editor/Producer at Zeega; and a Research Fellow at metaLAB (at) Harvard. He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and Reed College. He lives in Barcelona.